New entrance INVICTUS Academy, with the peculiarity to play a dual role, technical and corporate. We are talking about Giovanni Setti, well-known face of the Italian basketball and Bologna in particular. As well as, as they say in America, a "Friend Program" (in the picture, with his sons Riccardo and Alessandro, respectively Assistant Coach and participant of the first editions of INVICTUS Camp), visto il rapporto che lo lega da anni a Marco Sanguettoli, Luca Ansaloni and many other components Technical Staff.
Born in Parma on 29 October 1969, He arrived in Bologna in the summer of 1983 to enter in the youth of Virtus Basketball, vincendo in due stagioni consecutive gli Scudetti Cadetti e Juniores, trained by Ettore Messina, and winning a place in the first team - ala-grande di 205 cm - continuously since 1985 al 1989 e, again, in season 1990/1991, winning an Italian Cup.
In the middle, a season in A2 in Brescia, and later pursued a career on the parquet A2 and B1 between Imola, Pozzuoli, Ragusa, then two years in Udine, and then moved in Jesi (historic first promotion to the A2 club!) remaining there four years. Then Sassari, Osimo (winning another promotion in Legadue!) and again in Serie B with up to Novara 2006.
Finally, the landing to the Gira Ozzano - dove, in 2010, He will be then appointed Director of Football - and then the "minors" Bolognese with Salus Basketball and Vis Trebbo, retreating from parquet 40 years. Settled in Castel Maggiore, Virtus Basketball returned to win the Scudetto Under 19 as Assistant Coach of Giordano Consolini, he continued his career in the Happy Basketball Coach.
Technical skills, organizational and network of contacts, will be the basis of his new role: will indeed Giovanni Setti Assistant Coach Marco Pappalardo in the youth sector groups, and also the Sporting Director, with tasks related mainly to international events, who already see him involved with USA Youth Tours, Actually fully complementary to the draft Zoran Savic.